COMING EVENTS:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 7:30 P.M.
ASU GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM
CONCERT OF SOLOISTS
Symphony Orchestra
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7:30 P.M.
ASU GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM
BARRET CHOIR POPS CONCERT

ASU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
presents

Holiday Gala
ASU Choirs and
Symphony Orchestra

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 7:30 P.M.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, PHOENIX
DURUFLÉ’S REQUIEM
Chamber Singers

For more information about upcoming concerts:
music.asu.edu/events

Friday, December 2, 2016
7:30 p.m.
ASU Gammage Auditorium

PROGRAM

Gospel Choir

Concert Choir
“Fanfare to Winter” (Robert Bode)
from Three Snow Songs

John David Earnest
(b. 1940)

In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Christina Rossetti)

Gustav Holst
(1874 – 1934)
arr. Mack Wilberg

Mia Oh, conductor

Betelehumu (Nigerian Christmas Carol)

Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child

Wendell Whalum
(1931 – 1987)
arr. Barrington Brooks
Traditional African American Tune

Anthem of Praise

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

English Traditional Carol
arr. John Rutter

Neilsen Chen, piano
Bartlett R. Evans, conductor

Richard Smallwood
(b. 1948)
Dante Murphy, bass
Emmett Nash and Maurice Trotter, drumset
Jason D. Thompson, conductor

Men’s Chorus

INTERMISSION

Sing We Now of Christmas

French Carol
arr. Jay Althouse

Christmas Angel

Corlynn Hanney

Selections from The Nutcracker
Phillip Godfrey, baritone
Jamaican Noel

Kirby Shaw
(b. 1942)
Emma Song, piano
Bartlett R. Evans, conductor

Barrett Choir
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Shakespeare)
Hanerot Halalu

John Rutter
(b. 1945)
Traditional
arr. Becki Slagle Mayo

Jeremy Ruth, clarinet
Women’s Chorus
Cedit, Hyems (Prudentius)

Abbie Betinis
(b. 1980)

Overture
Character Dances
March
Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
Trepak- Russian Dance
Chinese Dance
Waltz of the Flowers
Symphony Orchestra
Mark Alpizar, conductor
Fantasia on Christmas Carols

The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite One

Hyewon Rina Kim, piano
Julie Neish, conductor

Pola and Wyle
arr. ASU Women’s Chorus

Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872 - 1958)

Gordon Hawkins, baritone
Choral Union, Concert Choir, and members of the Chamber Singers
Symphony Orchestra
Jeffery Meyer, conductor

Micaela Rebb, flute
It’s the Most Wonderful Remix

Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky
(1840 - 1893)

Combined Choirs
Symphony Orchestra
David Schildkret, conductor

arr. Robert Shaw and
Robert Russell Bennett